Node JSON Sender

An external node implementation for Proxeus core. Sends form data to a REST endpoint via POST request.

Implementation

All form data as JSON to REST endpoint with HTTP auth headers set by env vars.

Usage

It is recommended to start it using docker.

The latest image is available at proxeus/node-json-sender:latest

See the configuration paragraph for more information on what environments variables can be overridden

Configuration

The following parameters can be set via environment variables.

Environmentvariable	Required	Default value
PROXEUS_INSTANCE_URL		http://127.0.0.1:1323
SERVICE_URL		http://localhost:SERVICE_PORT
SERVICE_PORT		8015
SERVICE_SECRET		my secret
REGISTER_RETRY_INTERVAL		5
JSON_SENDER_URL	X
JSON_SENDER_HEADER_

Headers

Header values can be passed using the environment variables with the following format:

JSON_SENDER_HEADER_=value

This will add the header example with the given value to the HTTP POST.

Deployment

The node is available as docker image and can be used within a typical Proxeus Platform setup by including the following docker-compose service:

version: '3.7'

networks:
  xes-platform-network:
    name: xes-platform-network

services:
  node-balance-retriever:
    image: proxeus/node-json-sender:latest
    container_name: xes_node-node-json-sender
    networks:
      - xes-platform-network
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      PROXEUS_INSTANCE_URL: http://xes-platform:1323
      JSON_SENDER_URL: http://url:123/endpoint
      JSON_SENDER_HEADER_clientid: client_id
      JSON_SENDER_HEADER_tenantid: tenant_id
      JSON_SENDER_HEADER_secret: secret
      JSON_SENDER_HEADER_oauthserverurl: oath_url
      SERVICE_SECRET: secret
      SERVICE_PORT: 8015
      SERVICE_URL: http://node-json-sender:8015
      TZ: Europe/Zurich
    ports:
      - "8015:8015"